So. You’ve got everyone scared of the evils of socialism because of the red scare and the cold war, and so nobody too far left is ever electable. Got it.
Why aren’t people afraid of going too far right (ie the Nazi party was the probably the furthest right party ever elected). I don’t see how you could be any less afraid of that outcome?
Isn’t the only sane view to steer clear of either extreme? Why is it that the dirty socialism word is so much more terrifying than fascism?
I’m so lost. Anyone got some help for me?
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The “left” has a lot of infighting between each other because people don’t really know how to implement their worldview. So that already prevents tribalism across the entirety of the “left”.
The “right” is much more tribalistic, so it’s easier to feel like you’re part of a group in the far right. The only thing you need to do is hate the “left” and everything they stand for.
It’s easy to blame a group of people for your problems, it’s harder to design a society that can include everyone without having those problems.
This then makes the “right” much more united.
Right, socialism is a dirty word and fascism is acceptable.
What does that tell you? Can you glean anything from that?
